Football: the first exam Huss

February 6 2007

14:02

Seventh-February Russia national football team first friendly game with the Netherlands national team opens season-2007. Today, his leg hold and youth teams.

A good level of play, which is our national team has shown at the end of 2006, still has not answered the ordinary fans and professionals to question, what is our team. So what can our players under the direction Huss Hiddink, may show only fights with strong opponents, and the match with a team of Van Basten in very handy.

The novel by the Russian team at Hiddink started with a terrible match against Croatia. Uncertain game of the second number, the full benefit of visitors, the lack of meaningful football and all this at home. However, in the second meeting with the Israelis, our team looked much more confident. There were drawing the game, a clear pattern of interaction of players. However, unexplained error coach, who played too cautiously, determined the unsatisfactory outcome of that meeting.

In the last two matches of the season with teams of Estonia and Macedonia, our team went to the class. Combined team was shown a beautiful and entertaining football as the best of times, but the level of opponents does not allow us to make far-reaching conclusions.

In the upcoming match our defense will not help the team leader Sergei Ignashevich. Instead of seriously injured on the First Channel Cup CSKA on the field likely will Denis Kolodin. Will come from the first minute and brothers Berezutsky is also likely emergence Petersburger Alexander Anyukova. Problems in the defense of our national team will be caused by the lack of a series of collections of Roman Shishkin.

In the center of the field Hiddink has already promised to release the captain's armband from Yegor Titov, and help him to be likely, proven Igor Semshov. On the left brow, may again appear Yuri Zhirkov. To argue about the remaining three positions on the field can be infinitely long. Hiddink is from whom to choose: more than ten players can play on the right flank and in the line of attack.

On hand to our team in this match will be the Netherlands and the loss of several key players. As part of the "orange" on the field does not appear striker Ruud van Nistelrooy (he eventually quarreled with the coach), Van Persie, Arjen Robben defenders John Heitinga and Urby Emanuelson and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar - all of them traumatized. Place the gate on match with Russia, probably will, goalkeeper Feynorda "Henk Timmer, missed the final round four-ball championship of the Netherlands from Ajax.